Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia
Colombia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.698 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia is 0.698 LPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia peaked at 0.7032 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5349 LPIA, in 2008.
That places Colombia 80th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.5639 LPIA | — |
| 2003 | 0.565 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5421 LPIA | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5466 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.5605 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.5355 LPIA | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 0.5349 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5418 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5526 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5639 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5728 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.5857 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.6036 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6175 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.6319 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.636 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6489 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6782 LPIA | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6972 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6998 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6907 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7032 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.698 LPIA | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5488 LPIA | 0.5349 LPIA | 0.565 LPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.6091 LPIA | 0.5526 LPIA | 0.6782 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6978 LPIA | 0.6907 LPIA | 0.7032 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More education data for Colombia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 180,781 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.83 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 104.8% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Colombia was 0.698 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7032 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5349 LPIA in 2008.
- How does Colombia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Colombia ranks 80th out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release